Acromegaly identified in a patient with a complaint of malocclusion.
Acromegaly in a female patient was first diagnosed after a dental examination at which time the patient complained of the inability to incise properly. An elevated serum growth hormone level and enlarged sella turcica confirmed the diagnosis of acromegaly. Based on examination of her plaster study models, it was apparent the patient had been developing a change in her dentition for years.
Sugata
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Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Hiroshima Red Cross-Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Japan.
Myoken
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Y
Tanaka
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D000172:Acromegaly / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000209:etiology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011378:Prognathism / Q000209:etiology*; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000032:analysis
D013002:Somatomedins; D019382:Human Growth Hormone